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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 22, 2011
Atsumi Kurita, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshiya Imoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Mitsuhiro Matsumoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Shigeki Washino, Kanagawa, JP;
Atsumi Kurita, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshiya Imoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Mitsuhiro Matsumoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Shigeki Washino, Kanagawa, JP;
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit that forms an image on a recording material; an endless belt member; a pressure member that applies pressure to the belt member; a pressing member that presses the belt member from an inner side of the belt member towards the pressure member; and an adjusting section that adjusts a position of an end portion of a nip part at a downstream side in a movement direction of the recording material and a position of a curved portion of the belt member by moving or deforming the pressing member, the nip part being formed by the belt member and the pressure member, the curved portion of the belt member being formed by an end portion of the pressing member at a downstream side in the movement direction of the recording material.